flounced 1 of 2

flounced

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verb

past tense of flounce

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for flounced
Adjective
  • Wearing a yellow fringed dress, Jauregui spun and shook her hips alongside a safety vest-wearing Armstrong, ending the performance by quick-stepping over to the cocktail table, where her bandmates and Bankhead were smiling and clapping in celebration.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Models revealed a range of music-adjacent designs from Mod-style skinny suits to a 60s-era fringed jacket and leather pants.
    Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • During the trial, after Cardi took the stand to deliver her testimony, several of her impassioned exchanges with the plaintiff's lawyer, Ron Rosen Janfaza, went viral due to her unfiltered, expletive-laced responses and animated expressions, including eye rolls and shrugs.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Nearby, along an entrance to Highway 101, a separate barrier was tagged with an expletive-laced anti-Israel message referencing the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, along with additional swastikas scattered throughout the area.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Chickpeas are added to Sloppy Joes, for example, for extra protein, and squash is finely minced and added to funeral potatoes.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
  • No doubt many of your colleagues had their jobs indiscriminately minced by the same whizzing DOGE machine that gifted you this painless early retirement.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Swift recreated a similar visual of her submerged in a bathtub wearing a sequined corset.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Baywatch star sparkled for the occasion and wore a red sequined minidress with a trendy bubble hem.
    Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The earring type was prominently featured in Schiaparelli‘s fall 2025 showcase, during which models strutted down the runway wearing oversized pearl studs that gracefully played with proportions.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Bella Hadid strutted down the runway in all gold, cinched at the waist with a matching belt.
    Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lierz stayed at the truck and glassed the pronghorn while Zutterman stalked slowly and quietly to the animal.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Neighbors who spoke with Fox 5 and WABC alleged that one of the girls was being stalked by the teen suspect for months, and that her friend just happened to be with her when the driver mowed them down.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In a now viral TikTok post, Maddie Young, 27, shared snaps from every month of her son Theo's first year, where he can be seen in a similar position wearing the same blue sweater with his name embroidered on the front.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The latter were sometimes embroidered on his signature woolen cardigans and shawls bearing stylized versions of placid landscapes, bandana patterns or geometric motifs.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In the face-cream advertisement, M remained wreathed in the pink flowers of spring.
    Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
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“Flounced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flounced. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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